Complementing analogous feminist studies, examines the dynamics of masculine self-representation in 19th-century British literature. Argues that autobiography was a product of the period's individualism, and that the masculine subject depended on autonomy, or self-naming, which was achieved by creating a feminized "other," usually a lover or family member, to represent the society from which the writer had become estranged. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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A Community of One : Masculine Autobiography and Autonomy in Nineteenth-Century Britain